Synthetic binding agents and their use



Patented F eb. 27, 1945 THEIR US SYNTHETIC BINDING gGENTS AND Gustav Wldmer, minim Fisch,-.Binna 'ingen, Switzerland, assignors to'Ciha Products- Corporation, Hoboken, N. J. 1

No Drawing. Application December 11, 1941 Se- This application is a continuation-in-part of our application Serial 'No. 156,034; died July 27, 1937, now U. S. Patent No. 2,318,121.

The present invention is concerned with the useof condensation products of amino-triazines and'aldehydes as bindingagents. It particularly rials No. 422,594. in- Switzerland August 1, '5 Glaims. (01. 51-298),

' already been said that-the condensation products relates to the use of said-condensation products as binding ag'entsfor abrasives. Itcomprises the improved process of using said binding'agents in the manufacture of abrasives as 'well as the improved abrasives themselves. I The use of artificial resins capable of bein hardened, for example those'jfrom phenol and formaldehyde or urea and. formaldehyde, asbinding agents for abrasives is known. The resins havetheadvantage that they can easily. be applied in an unhardened condition in the form. of

asolution, a powder or suspension and then hardened to convert them into a highly insoluble form.- However, owing to Various disadvantages their use in this field is limited.

The "phenol resins are not useful in aqueous solutionand when used in the manufacture of abrasives require usually a high temperature, viz. from 150.to*about 180 C,.for the hardening operation. In the form of a cold hardening mix-- ture theyrequirea large proportion of a hardening agent of an acid'natnre. Also theinstability of the phenol resins tolight is a serious disadvantage. Likewiseurea resins which have; the

'advantageof'solubility in aqueous media require from formaldehyde and aminotriazines' are useful' as binding agents. Howevenno mention has been made of their use in the manufacture of abrasive articles. g

It has now been found that these new condensation products can be used with great advantage asbinding agents in the abrasive field under sub-,

stantially milder conditions of temperature-than was possible: hitherto, particularly already attemperatures well below 100 C., as a binding agent which is stable not only to cold water but also to boiling water.

Moreover, the abrasive articles obtained according to the present invention are characterized by a superior heat resist- ,ance and mechanical strength.

The process of'manufacture of the new abrasives consists simply in mixing the aminotriazinealdehyde condensation "product, if necessary in presence of accelerators, with the agrasive material in suitably divided form, for'instance as grit or in more finely. divided form, after which the mixture is molded under pressure at a suitable temperature. If abrasive paper is to be made, the binding agent is applied suitably in form of athick liquidon a paperor textile-web, whereupon, abrasive-grit of suitable size. of grain is sprayed thereon and then the web-is dried at moderate temperature.

powder. form, it is advantageous to use as low a nearly as high a temperature for the hardening operation. Inthis case, indeed, cold hardening products, for example cold glue, are known but in comparison with the phenol resin glues they have a limited resistance to hot water, in'particular the urea resins "cannot be satisfactorily hardened with a weak acid, but always require a strong. acid or strong acid salt.

The present invention relates to a process of making abrasives which minimizes or avoids the I foregoing disadvantages by the use as a binding agent of thecondensation products capable of being hardened which can be produced from formaldehyde and an ami'notriazine, for example according to the process described in the copending application Ser. No. 6 8,355 (U. 8. Patent I No. 2,310,004) and U. S. Patent No. 2,197,357.

These products have proved to be surprisingly reactive so that the bindings-gents made .therefrom can be hardened or made insoluble in water at temperatures which are considerably below those at present used for other binding agents of the kind outlined above. It is true that both in the aforesaid application and patent it has When the condensation product is employed in quantity of liquid, for instance water, as possible.- Preferably the abrasive grains are wetted with a very low quantity of water or alcohol and only then the resin powder is mixed in. The powder spreads on the moistsurface of the grains and swells to a tough coating.

The speed of hardening of these new binding "agents may be varied greatly by the use of abcelerators. Such an accelerator may be basic, neutral or acid. As a rule accelerators of acid reaction are preferred. In presence of a small proportion of an accelerator the hardening operation can be performed at temperatures ranging between and C. or even at lower temperatures and the abrasive thus obtained will be remarkably fast to boiling water. Indeed abrasives which are glued with this material may be in contact with boiling water for days before they fall asunder by destruction.

' In the presence of large proportions of the accelerator the hardening is so rapid as to occur even at room temperature, for instance on standing over-night. The quality of articles so obtained with respect to boiling water is of the grain of y.

same order that of those obtainedat higher temperatures which is surprisingly new.

The new binding agents may be used pure or in admixture with the usual filling and extending agents such as kaolin, gypsum, asbestos, barium sulfate or the like.- The addition of water repelling substances such as paraflln or aluminium salts may in some cases be recommendable. Also softening or plastifylng agents for instance of the type of alkyd resins may be added.

The new binding agents are advantageously produced in the form of dry preparations which may contain the binding agent, the filling agent, or other addition and if necessary the accelerator and the like in suitable admixture so that the user can convert the preparation into a liquid f co-pending application Ser. No. 68,355 and U. 8.

Patent No. 2,197,357 is intended to be included in the present application, for instance the condensation products which contain an alcoholic component and are soluble in organic solvents. As an example of such a condensation-product there may be mentioned the .butanol ether ofthe methylol compound of 2.4.6-triamino-1.3.5-' triazine.v

The present invention includes the manufac-' ture of abrasives of every kind, for instance abrasive paper, grinding discs, and the like.

The following examples illustrate the inven- The mixture is now quickly cooled and evaporated in a vacuum at low temperature to 'a thick syrup and the latter is immediately dried in a vacuum chest in the form of thin layers and then ground. The condensation solution may alter-- natively be dried by spraying or in a roller dryer. The dried powder thus obtained can bestored well and is easily soluble in water.

Example 2 15 parts of the water-soluble melamine resin in powder .form obtained according to Example 1 are stirred with 8 parts of anammonium sullayer and the web is dried at 80 C. After 1-2 hours the resin'is entirely hardened and the tion, the parts being by weight. The relationship between parts by weight and parts by volume is that which exists between the kilogram and the litre:

Example 1 50 parts of fine corundum powder having a mm. orfiner, are kneaded with 7.5 parts of a water-soluble resin (obtained from 1 mol melamine and 3 mols formaldehyde) and-3 parts of water, which contains .10 grams of ammonium sulfate per 80 cc. of water, and then stamped into a round mold. The latter is then subjected in a press for 3 minutes at room temperature to a pressure of 180 kilos per square cm., the molded article is then removed and hardened for 16 hours at 80 C. A grinding disc of good strength is thus obtained.

The water-soluble melamine resin is prepared as follows:

126 parts of 2.4.6-triamino-1.3.5-triazine (melamine) are suspended while stirring in'300 parts by volume of neutral formaldehyde of 30 per cent. strength by volume and the suspension kept in the water bath, the internal temperature of which is 80 C. The triazine dissolves in a few minutes. The condensation is continued until a sample withdrawn, cooled anddiluted with 3 parts by volume of water shows a milky turbidity which is normally the case in about half an hour.

abrasive grains are bonded with the support-in a water-proof manner.

Example 3 4 100 parts of a corundum abrasive powder having a grain of 0.5-1 mm. are uniformly wetted with 2 parts of water and then well worked up with 14 parts of the melamine resin powder obtained according to Example 1; There is thus obtained a'soft moistfmass capable of being cold molded under ,a pressure of 100-200 kilos per square cm. and hardened at a gradually rising temperature.

' Example 4 parts of the liquid melamine resin produced by boiling hexamethylol melamine with acidified butanol, neutralizing and distilling oil -the bu'tanol in excess, viz. a product obtained about in the same manner as indicated in Example 9 of application Ser. No. 68,355, are1dilutedwith'3 parts of butanol and then mixed with 600 parts.

of a coarse-grained corundum having a grain .of 0.5-1 mm. diameter. Ultimately 40 parts ofinfusorial earth are kneaded into the sticky mass.

The moist mass which is hardly sticky yet is stamped with a solvent for an amlnotriazine-aldehyde resin and bonded with .a resin containing an aminotriazine-aldehyde condensation product.

2. An abrasive article, comprising particles of abrasive and an aminotriazine-aldehyde resin 1 cured in-contact therewith.

3. An abrasive article comprising particles of abrasive and an aminotriazine-aldehyde .resin cured in contact therewith by heating in the presence of an acid curing agent.

4. An abrasive article comprising particles of abrasive and a melamine-aldehyde resin cured in contact therewith.

, '5. An abrasive article comprising particles of abrasive and a melamine-formaldehyde resin cured in contact therewith.

GUSTAV WIDMER.

WILLI FISCH. 

